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单词 oliphant
释义

oliphant

English

Alternative forms

  • olifant, olyfaunte, olyphant, oliphaunt

Etymology

From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman oliphant (ivory, elephant) and Old French oliphant (ivory, elephant, musical horn of ivory), from Latin elephantus (elephant), from Ancient Greek ἐλέφας (eléphas, ivory, elephant).

Noun

oliphant (plural oliphants)

  1. (archaic and historical) An elephant.
  2. An ancient ivory hunting horn.

Old French

Noun

oliphant m (oblique plural oliphanz or oliphantz, nominative singular oliphanz or oliphantz, nominative plural oliphant)

  1. Alternative form of olifan
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